The Liminal Pause of Pliant Recall, 2026

Hand-sewn darkroom test strips (some unfixed), cotton thread, 23.6 x 24.8in

“The Liminal Pause of Pliant Recall” examines how a memory, once recalled, enters a delicate phase where it can be reshaped before settling back down, known in neuroscience as ‘reconsolidation’. Darkroom test strips from 35mm negatives, some without fixer and thus prone to ongoing chemical shifts, become the work's core material. The stitched seams and repeated fragments act like scars, suggesting how remembered moments are pieced, re‑pieced, and never quite returned in their original form. By foregrounding this ongoing process of pulling memories into the present and sending them back altered, the piece considers the tension between what was seen, what is remembered, and what has inevitably changed in the act of remembering.